Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-02-09

THE WHITE RIVER DISASTER.
Official Report of the Names and Condition
of the Injured.

The WHITE RIVER DISASTER.
Official Report of the Names and Condition
of the Injured.
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, VI, February
8.-The following is a copy of the report
by DR.. Grinnell, of Burlington, of all the
injured, and their condition at three O. clock
p. m, yesterday, made officially to the
Railroad Commissioner at the hearing last
night:
William Devereaux, Winooski, VT; hip
bruised and bruises on the forehead and
left side. ..... ....-. .-..
Smith Sturtevant; fracture left thigh and
ankle, burned on right thigh and back
since died.
J. H. Gushing, Middleboro, Mass. flesh
wounds and tenderness.
Horace Jurnan, East Pepperell, Mass {;
cut on chin; slight.
Moses Pontiat, Quebec; severe injury of
head and right knee cut; improving
II. G, Wilcox, Bangor, N. ", suspected
fracture of base of skull; has had hemor-
rhage from both ears and is burned, pulse
96, respiration "A; condition improved,
Polly Arel, of Chicopee Falls, Mass ;
confusion of left thigh; not serious.
Mrs. W. K. Briden; slight injury to back.
Annie Murphy, Boston; lacerated wound
of right cheek; will be SCARED.
Joseph Genett, Sciota, n. Y; lacerated
wound of forehead.
o. Boisvert, of Augeline, Que; injured
across chest and abdomen.
Mrs. o. Boisyert; bruised across left
forehead; not serious.
Miss Follett, Sharon, VT. scalp wound,
slight injury on lett temple.
Katie Cahill, of Burlington, VT; lacera-
ton on right wrist, severe scalp wounds.
Mrs. Charles Castner; Boston, bruises
and contusions generally; condition i'm
proved.
George Lowe, Montreal; wounds on
right eye and nose.
Frank M. Pratt, Springfield, Mass; in
cised injury to right foot; slightly FROST
bitten.
Miss Billinger child of six years, in
iured in face of right cheek, and has lame
side. 1t is supposed she had brother and
sister killed.
Louis COmbTemOnt, % John street, New
York city; spinal injury.
Joseph Libby, injury to head; appears
dazed.
Michael Laicillerede; s,alp wound.
Mary J. Graham; confusion of right leg
and foot; may be serious.
James Riley, of Burke, n. Y; dislOca-
tiOn OF left elbow.
unnry Matt Of A lhnry hruisa ~
right shoulder, face and head bnrned, left
knee confused.
Joseph +. Jacques of Fitchburg; contu-
sion of left lumbar region and right eye,
confusion of left leg and many contusions
of right leg.
A. A. Wheeler; incised wound over right
eye, confusion on left arm, shoulder
lamed; condition not serious.
Julius Huchings; complains of tender
ness over upper portion of upper dorsal
region.
Miss Emma Lowell, of Montreal; badly
shaken up.
Margaret Walsh, of Greenfield, Mass.
confusion on right arm, shoulder and
back.
j. w. Tuttle, of Tunbridge, VT; slight
flesh wounds on forehead and back of head
August LebOut, laceratiOn OF the head.
J. ). Sutton, New Haven, Conn, injury
| to head, confusion and slight laceration
not serious.
Alexander Lavelle, Greenfield, Mass.
slight injury TO head; internal injuries.
Marion Sadler, sprain of right ankle ant
otherwise bruised.
A dispatch from LacOnia, n. H., says
The family of DIR. G. +. Clark, who was
supposed to have perished in the Centra
Vermont mountains, received news last
night that he had arrived safely in Mon
! treal.
The investigation of the railroad disaster
of Saturday was continued to-day. Bag
gagemaster Cole, employed on the train
which went down, said that the first init.
nation of the trouble was, lie should judge
at the end of the bridge, where there was
n sharp shock. "My theory is that the
first passenger car was of the track before
reaching the bridge, but because of the fro
zen ground, ran smoothly until the bridge
was reached, when, from the dropping OF
the passenger car on to the bridge, ii de-
pressed the cOuplerS of that, letting them
apart, then all the following cars ran on IL
the bridge OFF the track"
George Parker, the brakeman, who jump
ed from the train Just before it reached the
bridge, was the next witness. He testified
that the train was going at the rate oi
seven or eight miles an hour at the time
and gave in evidence the substance Of hi,
previous statements regarding his ride tC
the junction, and arOuSing the people on
the way. He did not return To the wreck
until yesterday. lie suffered from tn,
cold on the way, and was severely bruised
by the accident. lie remembered seeing
the fire fly from the wheels, rails and spike:
as the cars passed him. lie could not say
whether all the trucks of his ca
were Off the track or not, wher
he jumped. He was sure the real
ones were, for he was Oh the end owe
them. He noticed when the engineer ap
piled the air brakes and thought the1
were down rs far rs the crossing this sid
of the bridge; did not know of the con
ductOr applying the air brakes; did no
signal the engineer, and don't know of tn
conductors doing so. The witness duty
would have been to pull the bell cord o
apply the car brakes. The reason that h
did not was that he was so excited. Tn
car was shaking badly-gOing up ant
down. He should think there wer
twenty-five or thirty persons in the for
ward car. He did not 80 through tn
other cars after leaving the Junction, eX
cept the second car.
Bookkeeper Chamberlin Rearrcsted.
CHICAGO, February S.-Benjamin X
Chamberlin, the bcokkeeper for Colnbes
Hannah & Co., Union Stock Yards, VIII
was arrested some time ago on the charg
of embezzlement and was discharged 70
want Of prosecution, has been rearreste'
and bond given in the sum of $4,000. l
is stated that experts, who have been ex
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